Azeri president praises UN Food Program official for activities

Lider TV, Baku
8 Nov 04

[Presenter] President Ilham Aliyev has received the representative of
the UN World Food Programme in Azerbaijan, Cherif Amin Zaher. The head
of state spoke highly of the UN World Food Programme representative’s
activities in Azerbaijan and thanked him for his personal contribution
to improving the social conditions of those who were driven out of
their lands as a result of Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan.

Touching upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh,
the head of state said the government is taking a number of measures to
improve the social conditions of refugees and IDPs who are suffering
as a result of this [conflict]. He stressed that the main task for
the Azerbaijani leadership is to settle this conflict, which is a
painful problem for our nation, and to secure the return of over a
million refugees and IDPs to their lands.